Benedict Cumberbatch, seen last March, is a descendant of Caribbean plantation owners who owned slaves. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / Associated Press) It's no secret that Benedict Cumberbatch's ...

(Reuters) - Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state as a "reparations ...

When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, Esther Phillips suggests we stop the car. Phillips, 73, gets out and draws in a deep breath. There’s a faint, sweet smell of something akin ...

Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye will lead design of the new Heritage District, a center dedicated to teaching about the history and impact of the transatlantic slave trade. Courtesy of Adjaye ...

It’s no secret that Benedict Cumberbatch’s ancestors owned slaves on a plantation on the Caribbean island of Barbados throughout the 1700s and 1800s. But just before the new year, British publication ...